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Originally Posted by ConnClark
I thought I would point out that by trying to use the latent heat in the cylinder to generate steam will cause the normal combustion cycle to run like an engine that never warms up. Also the exhaust will be cooler and emissions controls won't work.
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Very good points. The summation of responses thus far must coincide with why Crower has had this idea for years, and never gotten it into production, or even publicized demonstrator vehicles (as far as I've seen).
BMW's turbo steamer idea, using the exhaust heat to drive a seperate turbine system is a much better idea, albiet very complex.